IMPERIAL GERMAN PRUSSIAN GUARD PIONEER OFFICERS PICKELHAUBE. A good condition very large size officers fibre skull pickelhaube for a Guard Pioneer Regiment officer. The skull is generally excellent with some minor congealing and crazing. The rear peak is affixed strongly to the body, it has two 1cm areas where the stitching is adrift of the main body. The front peak is firm and strong. All the fittings, which include the back strap, un-screwable spike, circular spike base, large Guard front plate and front peak trim all in the correct silver finish for a Pioneer unit with its flat chin scales being in good quality gilt. The white, black and green enamel to the central Guard Star is excellent and undamaged with good colour. The interior leather liner is complete with the upper inner silk lining fitted to the helmet but shredded badly to one side. The helmet is complete with its officers state and national cockades.